Hey!
I started lean bulking for the first time (after a 5 month cut and a few month regular maintenance - I injured myself so was out of the gym for two months). I used to count calories obsessively but I had to stop for genuine mental health reasons but I have a rough idea (on the cut i was about 1,400-1,800 calories a day, with the bigger numbers representing the end of the cut. I eat a tad more in terms of carbs now i am bulking. I feel like in the last two weeks though the bulking has gone too fast and the weight is rising pretty big (according to my Renpho...however accurate that is.)
This is my details:
27 years old, 5'8
Start of bulk: 08/23/19 - weighed 142.0Ib, 10.8% body fat.
Now: 10/9/19 - weigh 147.6, and am at 11.4% body fat.
Visceral fat has gone from 4-5 and my subcutaneous fat went from 9.5%-9.9%
Is this all to be expected? I eat super 'clean' (no junk, very little natural sugar, absolutely no added sugar). I try and eat about 140g protein a day, and will have 3/4 cups of oats in the am and some brown rice/sweat potato at lunch, occasionally lentils or beans. (generous but not crazy amounts.) Night cut back on all carbs and fat is to a min throughout most of the day. (Most days 25-40g ball park, occasionally Ill have a little more, and i wont reduce carbs; mainly comes in the form of tahini). I know this is all rough, but any advice on these digitis would be much appreciated.
Also- i only do HIIT cardio once a week for 1hr and resistance train 5 days a week working toward a progressive overload (But certain gym days i just dont have the strength so regress a tad.
I added two photos - one from just before starting the bulk. (My gallery photos are all pre-bulk esp my profile photo, and then two from today. I can share more). It is not the most flattering but you get the point. I am flexing abs in both and the angling wasnt great .
Really any advice and tips would be appreciated! I know its hard without tracking macros however if you think this is too much fat gain i will just scale back the eating (esp the carbs)
Thank you!
I started lean bulking for the first time (after a 5 month cut and a few month regular maintenance - I injured myself so was out of the gym for two months). I used to count calories obsessively but I had to stop for genuine mental health reasons but I have a rough idea (on the cut i was about 1,400-1,800 calories a day, with the bigger numbers representing the end of the cut. I eat a tad more in terms of carbs now i am bulking. I feel like in the last two weeks though the bulking has gone too fast and the weight is rising pretty big (according to my Renpho...however accurate that is.)
This is my details:
27 years old, 5'8
Start of bulk: 08/23/19 - weighed 142.0Ib, 10.8% body fat.
Now: 10/9/19 - weigh 147.6, and am at 11.4% body fat.
Visceral fat has gone from 4-5 and my subcutaneous fat went from 9.5%-9.9%
Is this all to be expected? I eat super 'clean' (no junk, very little natural sugar, absolutely no added sugar). I try and eat about 140g protein a day, and will have 3/4 cups of oats in the am and some brown rice/sweat potato at lunch, occasionally lentils or beans. (generous but not crazy amounts.) Night cut back on all carbs and fat is to a min throughout most of the day. (Most days 25-40g ball park, occasionally Ill have a little more, and i wont reduce carbs; mainly comes in the form of tahini). I know this is all rough, but any advice on these digitis would be much appreciated.
Also- i only do HIIT cardio once a week for 1hr and resistance train 5 days a week working toward a progressive overload (But certain gym days i just dont have the strength so regress a tad.
I added two photos - one from just before starting the bulk. (My gallery photos are all pre-bulk esp my profile photo, and then two from today. I can share more). It is not the most flattering but you get the point. I am flexing abs in both and the angling wasnt great .
Really any advice and tips would be appreciated! I know its hard without tracking macros however if you think this is too much fat gain i will just scale back the eating (esp the carbs)
Thank you!
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